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    What country name means 'refuge'?

    Question #96542. Asked by author. (Jun 11 08 7:40 AM)


    BRY2K

    		Malta.

    It is from the Phoenician MLT meaning "refuge". The term may have been kept long in currency by the existence of the Greek and Latin word melitta or "honey", the name of the island in classical times, and also the major export from the island during those centuries.

    http://www.teachersparadise.com/ency/en/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_country_name_etymologies.html


    Jun 11 08, 8:05 AM
    gentlegiant17

    		Btw, in Hebrew, the root MLT is used for the act of escaping rather than the act of seeking or finding refuge. It is also used for the act of giving birth in animals.

    Jun 11 08, 8:46 AM

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